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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by jacquesm on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @06:37PM (#22428715)
The serious complication rate is ~20% or so of confirmed cases, that's pretty high.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by Hnrobert42 on Saturday February 29, 2020 @03:30AM (#22449624)
But how do we know it is 20%? If R0 is higher than we think due to asymptomatic spreading, then we likely aren’t counting all the asymptomatic cases. If we did, it would result in a lower serious complication rate. That’s why I said it can’t be both.
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